Where does “blixtstill” come from?
blixtstill (Swedish) comes from Swedish still, from Swedish stilla, from Old Swedish stilla, from Old Norse stilla, from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon stillian, from Proto-West Germanic stillijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan — he, she.
Ancestry of “blixtstill”, step by step
blixtstill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish still
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | still | still |
| 2 | Swedish | stilla | still, calm; to still; to make quiet |
| 3 | Old Swedish | stilla | to calm; to stop a flow; to suppress |
| 4 | Old Norse | stilla | to calm |
| 5 | Middle Low German | stillen | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | stillian | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stillijan | to make still, quiet |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish blixt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | blixt | lightning; flash; a burst of light; flash; device... |